彼らは何年間か部屋、風呂、台所を他人と共有して、暮らせるところで暮らしてきた。

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English Translation

They had been living where they could, sharing flats and baths, and kitchens, for some years.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは何(なん)年間(ねんかん)か部屋(へや)、風呂(ふろ)、台所(だいどころ)を他人(たにん)と共有(きょうゆう)して、暮(く)らせるところで暮(く)らしてきた。

Romanji

Karera wa nan nenkan ka heya, furo, daidokoro o tanin to kyōyūshite, kuraseru tokoro de kurashitekita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

風呂 (ふろ)

bath; bathtub; bathroom; bathhouse; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

台所 (だいどころ、だいどこ)

kitchen; financial situation

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

他人 (たにん、ひと、あだびと)

another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

共有 (きょうゆう)

share; joint ownership; co-ownership

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)